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vocab unit 5
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03/26/2005

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acute
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with a sharp point; keen and alert; sharp an suvere; rising quickly to a high point and lasting for a short time.
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bluster
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to talk or act in a noisy and threating way; to blow in stormy gusts; speech that is loud and threatning
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blungle
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to act or work clumsily and awkwardly; to ruin something threw clumslyness
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commentary
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a series of notes clarifying or explanging something; an express of opinon
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duration
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the length of time something continues or lasts
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eerie
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causing fear because od strangness; weird, mysterious
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facet
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one aspect or side of a subject or problem; one of the cut surface of a gem
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fidelity
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the state of being faithful; accuracy in details; exactness
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fray
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a brawl, noisy querrel; to wear away by rubbing, make ragged or worn; to stain or iriatate
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headstrong
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willful, stubborn
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inhabitant
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one living pernamently in a given place
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numb
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havin lost the power of feeling or movement; to dull the feelings of; to couse to lose feeling
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pacify
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to make peaceful or calm; to soothe
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ravenous
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greedy, hungry, eagar for satisfaction
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refute
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to prove incorrect
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remorse
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deep and painful regret for ones past misdeeds; pangs of conscience
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setback
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something that interferes with progress; a dissapointment, unexpectedloss or defeat; a step like reccesion in a wall
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smug
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overly self satify, self- rightous
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synopsis
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a breif statement giving a general veiw of some subject, book, ect.; a summary
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tarry
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to delay leaving; to linger, wait; to remain or stay for a while
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